Kithira & Aroniadika

Island Guide

The island of Kithira (284 sq.km.) is located south of the Peloponnese, between three seas, the Ionian sea, the Cretan sea and the Aegean sea, and belongs to the Ionian Islands complex. Kithira is 120 nautical miles from the port of Piraeus and belongs to the same prefecture. There are about 64 settlements and villages on the island and roughly 3500 permanent residents.

Access

By plane, daily from Athens during the summer, less frequently from Thessaloniki.

Food – Beaches – Sights - Entertainment

Maria in LogothetianikaMichalis in MitataManolis in DiakoftiPanaretos in PotamosFilio in KalamoPlatanos in MilopotamoSotiris in AvlemonaSkandeia in Palaiopoli

Vanilla Creperie in Kapsali

Beaches

You can choose one of the eastern beaches (Palaiopoli, Kaladi, Fyri Ammos) or one of the beaches on the south or west (Melidoni, Diakofti, Halkos), depending on the winds.

Traditional products - open air markets

Don’t forget to pick up some of the famous Kithiran rusks, fatourada (traditional liqueur), cheese from the Mitata village, some exquisite thyme honey and the sempreviva (always alive) wildflowers, which can only be found in Kithira. Visit the open market every Sunday morning in the Potamos village square. Potamos and Livadi make up the area’s center of commerce and are the largest villages on the island.